A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=45782 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Philadelphia Inquier Article Date: June 8 1920 Article Description: Lewes Water Works A Paying Investment: Article Text: Lewes, Del., June 7, 1920: Supplying all the boats and vessels touching at the Breakwater with water, the town of Lewes has found its water plant a source of considerable income and in order to increase the supply the Town Council has just appropriated $12,000 to bore eight new artesian wells snd install new pumps in the engine house. Two million gallons of water were pumped to the Breakwater for the use of incoming and outgoing ships last month and the engines have been pumping at the rate of 250 gallons a minute. The contract for the supplying the fish factories on the beach has been made at 15,000,000 gallons for the year, while vessels are expected to take this year at least 40,000,000 gallons of water. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com